Google Pixel 6a Camera to Ditch The Flagship Motion Mode From the Pixel 6 Series An Android developer has discovered the evidence from the Pixel Tips app which suggests that the Pixel 6a will not get Google’s Motion Mode feature (via XDA-Developers). The Tips app describes Motion Mode code to show up on “PIXEL_2021_EXPERIENCE” devices. This includes the Pixel 6a but excludes the codename “bluejay”. The codename referenced “bluejay” has been mentioned several times over the past and its exclusion must suggest that the Pixel 6a will not get the Motion Mode camera feature....

The Gotham Knights devs at WB Games Montreal have really put a lot of thought into their version of Gotham’s history and architecture, dividing the city up into five neighborhoods each dominated by a founding family – the Waynes, Elliots, Kanes, Arkhams, and Cobblepots. Not only is this Gotham much roomier than in the past, but WB Games Montreal have built both up and down. They’ve created large buildings to climb and explore, but also a large underground of hidden tunnels beneath the city....

Should you buy a GPU right now? We wouldn’t recommend it The most common question we get from new gamers that want to get into the DIY business is whether they should buy a GPU right now or wait further. Unfortunately, even though the prices have already fallen by up to 30% in some cases, this is still not a good time to buy a GPU as we expect prices to keep falling as the cryptocurrency market corrects....

LEVITATION begins right after Half-Life: Alyx. Alyx returns to City-17 after meeting the G-MAN and teams up with Russell once again. During her absence, a mysterious levitating building appeared in the Sector X region of City-17. Two key members of the resistance named Barry and Maya decided to infiltrate and investigate Sector X – until their signal went quiet… Now, Alyx must save her friends and possibly the whole resistance....

New Features Cross-Core Visors All visors are now compatible with all Armor Cores. This change applies to all previously released visors and all visors that will be released moving forward. Improved Mark VII Helmet Attachment Compatibility Several Mark VII helmet attachments are now compatible with more Mark VII helmets. If you have already unlocked an updated helmet attachment, no action is needed for it to be available with additional helmets....

The new videos, shared on YouTube by Ray Tracing Revolution and MxBenchmarkPC, not only confirm how the improvements are somewhat subtle, mostly due to the game already having great screen space reflections but also highlight how the game’s ray tracing features are extremely demanding, as the impact on performance is huge, even on high-end systems and with NVIDIA DLSS. Hitman 3 is the latest entry in the series by IO Interactive, and an extremely solid stealth game, as highlighted by Nathan in his review....

Now, we don’t know if The Art and Making of Hogwarts Legacy has the same release date as the game, but due to spoilers, it would be extremely unlikely for a behind-the-scenes book like this to be released first. It should also be pointed out that Warner Bros. Interactive’s other big 2022 release, Gotham Knights, also has a companion art book and it does release on the same day as the game....

Chinese DRAM Manufacturer, Innosilicon, Achieves 10,000 Mbps Transfer Rates on LPDDR5X Memory JEDEC officially sets the LPDDR5X standard at 8533 Mbps while the LPDDR5 standard is set at 6400 Mbps. Innosilicon went a step ahead and achieved a major breakthrough in their own development for the LPDDR5X DRAM. The Chinese chip manufacturer hit 10,000 Mbps (10 Gbps) on its LPDDR5X/LPDDR5/DDR5 IP. This is a 56% increase over the LPDDR5-6400 and a 17% increase over the LPDDR5X-8533 standards....

U.S. chip manufacturer Intel Corporation has announced new plans to expand its semiconductor fabrication globally. Intel is currently heavily investing in manufacturing capacity to bring up its production at a level with industry peers and expand its operating model to also include chip manufacturing for other companies. Today’s announcement includes details about a new facility in Germany, and new centers in Italy and Ireland. The plant in Germany will manufacture semiconductors on Intel’s latest chipmaking processes at the time it commences operations, and the one in Italy will employ the company’s Intel 4 manufacturing process which according to Intel’s roadmap provided last year will enter production later this year....

Intel To Replace Current Entry-Level DG1 GPUs With DG2 Powered Arc A310 4 GB Graphics Card Although Intel never launched DG1 officially in the desktop space, the GPU still ended up in the OEM segment with options from a range of AIBs, including ASUS. The DG1 graphics card, being an entry-level design, did find some popularity given its low price and feature set. Based on the new rumor, Intel is expected to release a successor to the DG1 graphics card in the form of the Arc A310 graphics card....

Intel Core i9-12900KS 5.5 GHz Alder Lake CPU, Tackling 3D V-Cache With Frequency For The Gaming Performance Crown The Intel Core i9-12900KS is designed as a ‘Special Edition’ CPU, offering one step up over the i9-12900K. It’s a chip for the blue team to prove that they still hold the core speed crown and there are two reasons why Intel is launching this chip right now, first and the most obvious is the AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D which aims to show the benefits of 3D V-Cache in gaming versus frequency and the second is the 5 GHz+ Ryzen 7000 ‘Zen 4’ lineup coming later this year....

Intel Could Have Three Xe-HPG GPUs In The Works: DG2-256 ‘SOC3’ Spotted With 256 EUs, 2048 ALUs So far, we have only known two Xe-HPG powered DG2 GPUs, the Intel SOC1 ‘DG2-512’ & the SOC2 ‘DG2-128’. Both of these chips are based on the TSMC 6nm process node but it looks like Intel may have another chip in its portfolio. Spotted within the IGSCU FU in Linux, the Intel SOC3 which is the codename for the DG2-256 GPU has been spotted....

In the patch notes, the developers explained: This update introduces hot new tech in the form of Intel Xe Super Sampling - Intel XeSS for short. This technique allows you to get a massive performance boost while maintaining high visual fidelity. Thanks to XeSS, the game can run at a lower internal resolution and then reconstruct the image in full with the use of an AI-based upscaling algorithm. What does this mean in human-readable form?...

First, the prohibitive membership fees, then add in the fact that almost all gyms are scary-level dirty - being an epicenter of bacteria - who would want to spend an hour or two in that environment? But this is 2022! Someone is always solving (most of) our problems for us somewhere… Meet Unitree PUMP, the world’s first motor-powered all-in-one smart pocket gym Yep, you did indeed read that right! The ambitious Unitree team explicitly says they are NOT planning to make gyms obsolete with their portable, lightweight, and extremely powerful PUMP, an all-in-one fitness machine....

Soldier Lives to Fight Another Day as a Bullet Hits the iPhone 11 Pro, Shattering Its Innards Apple makes sure that its iPhones are made with the best quality materials, but even then, enough force exerted on one of these can break them, with a zero chance of repairability. However, what was surprising is how one bullet’s potential damage was completely absorbed by an iPhone 11 Pro when it was being carried by a Ukrainian soldier....

The 4th installment in the beloved franchise was announced via a debut trailer at the ending of the anniversary event. The trailer shows a mature Sora, as well as Donald and Goofy, thereby seemingly departing from the cartoonish ‘cute’ style of the previous games in the series. The trailer for Kingdom Hearts 4 opens with the following line: “If this isn’t the ending you desired- if it brings you despair- then leave this world for another”....

LG Unveils UltraGear 45" Curved Ultrawide & 27" Flat QHD Gaming Displays With 240Hz OLED Panels & 0.03ms Response Time LG Electronics has announced its two new gaming displays, with preorders beginning December 12 and shipping as early as December 28, 2022. LG’s UltraGear series are premium gaming displays to offer the best experience for users with ultimate viewing and immersion in the most popular games. Pre-order soon:https://t.co/daXafmFuCS pic.twitter.com/g7EMEOAZHk — LG Electronics (@LGUS) November 23, 2022 45’’ UltraGear OLED Curved Gaming Display WQHD The LG UltraGear OLED Curved Gaming Display WQHD offers a 44....

AMD Ryzen CPUs & APUs Get Host of Improvements In Linux 5.17 Of course, Linux recently released Linux 5.16, but that means that developers of the open-source operating system have once again started working diligently to make Linux 5.17 much better than its predecessor. Phoronix reported a feature overview about Linux 5.17 now that the finalization of new features is submitted and tagged as Linux 5.17-rc1. The Linux 5.17 progress is now starting to see weekly release candidates until the final kernel is prepared with an anticipated time frame around the latter half of March 2022....

Warning: The following article contains some SPOILERS for Martha is Dead. As many suspected, a scene present in the Martha is Dead demo in which you peel off a person’s face, as well as another scene detailed in the game’s ESRB rating where you cut open a woman’s womb and pull out a fetus, were subjects of Sony’s ire. Both scenes are still in the game, but they’re no longer interactive....

Rockstar boss Sam Houser is also excited about the fan-favorite series’ return. The Max Payne remakes join a number of other projects on Remedy’s increasingly busy plate, including a sequel to Control, Alan Wake II, and multiplayer game being published by Tencent. Hopefully, the company has the resources to do Max Payne justice, because this project will likely immediately jump to the top of many fans “most-anticipated” lists. As mentioned, Max Payne 1 & 2 is slated for PC, Xbox Series X/S, and PS5....